First Destination Report: 2018-2019 Undergraduate Degree Recipients: Salary details for employed graduates
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| College / Major | Graduates | Respondents | % Respondents (% of Graduates) |
Employed | % Employed (% of Respondents) |
Reported Salary |
% Reported Salary (% of Employed) |
25th Percentile |
Median | 75th Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole University | 6867 | 3789 | 55% | 2360 | 62% | 1968 | 83% | $45000 | $61800 | $70000 |
| College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | 892 | 404 | 45% | 145 | 36% | 101 | 70% | $30000 | $40000 | $53000 |
| Agribusiness | 39 | 16 | 41% | 12 | 75% | 9 | 75% | $35000 | ||
| Agricultural Sciences | 13 | 5 | 38% | 3 | 60% | 2 | 67% | |||
| Agricultural Technology | 68 | 15 | 22% | 11 | 73% | 4 | 36% | $22880 | ||
| Animal and Poultry Sciences | 134 | 53 | 40% | 19 | 36% | 14 | 74% | $20800 | $28600 | $33000 |
| Applied Economic Management | 37 | 16 | 43% | 7 | 44% | 4 | 57% | $55000 | ||
| Biochemistry | 133 | 56 | 42% | 16 | 29% | 12 | 75% | $29120 | $30000 | $40000 |
| Biological Systems Engineering | 55 | 32 | 58% | 14 | 44% | 10 | 71% | $65000 | ||
| Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences | 29 | 10 | 34% | 5 | 50% | 2 | 40% | |||
| Dairy Science | 15 | 7 | 47% | 4 | 57% | 4 | 100% | $24960 | ||
| Environmental Horticulture | 15 | 9 | 60% | 6 | 67% | 4 | 67% | $45500 | ||
| Environmental Science | 39 | 23 | 59% | 7 | 30% | 6 | 86% | $45000 | ||
| Food Science and Technology | 38 | 21 | 55% | 9 | 43% | 9 | 100% | $45000 | ||
| Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise | 273 | 138 | 51% | 29 | 21% | 18 | 62% | $23712 | $32240 | $42000 |
| Landscape Horticulture and Design | 4 | 3 | 75% | 3 | 100% | 3 | 100% | |||
| College of Architecture and Urban Studies | 446 | 216 | 48% | 141 | 65% | 116 | 82% | $46000 | $59000 | $65000 |
| Architecture | 102 | 54 | 53% | 31 | 57% | 23 | 74% | $45000 | $50000 | $53040 |
| Art | 51 | 22 | 43% | 8 | 36% | 6 | 75% | $34000 | ||
| Building Construction | 114 | 53 | 46% | 45 | 85% | 40 | 89% | $60000 | $63500 | $66000 |
| Construction Engineering and Management | 54 | 26 | 48% | 24 | 92% | 23 | 96% | $59000 | $62500 | $68000 |
| Environmental Policy and Planning | 24 | 13 | 54% | 5 | 38% | 4 | 80% | $50000 | ||
| Industrial Design | 40 | 13 | 33% | 8 | 62% | 5 | 63% | $41600 | ||
| Interior Design | 32 | 16 | 50% | 14 | 88% | 12 | 86% | $40000 | $52000 | $53500 |
| Landscape Architecture | 14 | 8 | 57% | 2 | 25% | |||||
| Public and Urban Affairs | 15 | 11 | 73% | 4 | 36% | 3 | 75% | |||
| College of Engineering | 1873 | 1155 | 62% | 844 | 73% | 741 | 88% | $63000 | $70000 | $77000 |
| Aerospace Engineering | 139 | 93 | 67% | 57 | 61% | 54 | 95% | $63000 | $68000 | $74000 |
| Chemical Engineering | 100 | 60 | 60% | 46 | 77% | 39 | 85% | $67000 | $73000 | $75000 |
| Civil Engineering | 222 | 158 | 71% | 126 | 80% | 114 | 90% | $58000 | $62000 | $66500 |
| Computer Engineering | 197 | 117 | 59% | 90 | 77% | 71 | 79% | $71000 | $78000 | $90000 |
| Computer Science | 300 | 184 | 61% | 152 | 83% | 134 | 88% | $74500 | $82000 | $99000 |
| Electrical Engineering | 174 | 102 | 59% | 63 | 62% | 56 | 89% | $62400 | $73230 | $76000 |
| Engineering Science and Mechanics | 37 | 25 | 68% | 13 | 52% | 8 | 62% | $70000 | ||
| Industrial and Systems Engineering | 195 | 115 | 59% | 91 | 79% | 81 | 89% | $68000 | $71000 | $77000 |
| Materials Science and Engineering | 80 | 54 | 68% | 28 | 52% | 24 | 86% | $62000 | $68000 | $73000 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 378 | 218 | 58% | 155 | 71% | 140 | 90% | $62000 | $67000 | $73500 |
| Mining Engineering | 31 | 19 | 61% | 15 | 79% | 13 | 87% | $58000 | $63000 | $67500 |
| Ocean Engineering | 20 | 10 | 50% | 8 | 80% | 7 | 88% | $66191 | ||
| College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences | 1183 | 583 | 49% | 257 | 44% | 177 | 69% | $32000 | $41000 | $51000 |
| Cinema | 2 | 0 | 0% | |||||||
| Classical Studies | 5 | 3 | 60% | 0% | ||||||
| Communication Studies | 48 | 27 | 56% | 11 | 41% | 11 | 100% | $42000 | ||
| Consumer Studies | 18 | 10 | 56% | 5 | 50% | 2 | 40% | |||
| Creative Writing | 17 | 7 | 41% | 4 | 57% | 4 | 100% | $30000 | ||
| Criminology | 76 | 30 | 39% | 10 | 33% | 7 | 70% | $45000 | ||
| Family and Consumer Science | 2 | 1 | 50% | 1 | 100% | 1 | 100% | |||
| Fashion Merchandising and Design | 41 | 18 | 44% | 11 | 61% | 9 | 82% | $45000 | ||
| French | 4 | 1 | 25% | 1 | 100% | |||||
| History | 48 | 30 | 63% | 10 | 33% | 5 | 50% | $43000 | ||
| Human Development | 236 | 111 | 47% | 27 | 24% | 19 | 70% | $27040 | $35000 | $51000 |
| International Public Policy | 4 | 2 | 50% | 1 | 50% | |||||
| International Relations | 7 | 6 | 86% | 3 | 50% | 3 | 100% | |||
| International Studies | 78 | 30 | 38% | 17 | 57% | 11 | 65% | $36418 | ||
| Literature and Language | 43 | 19 | 44% | 8 | 42% | 5 | 63% | $41600 | ||
| Multimedia Journalism | 84 | 43 | 51% | 23 | 53% | 15 | 65% | $25000 | $33280 | $41600 |
| Music | 24 | 14 | 58% | 4 | 29% | 1 | 25% | |||
| National Security & Foreign Affairs | 19 | 10 | 53% | 6 | 60% | 4 | 67% | $50000 | ||
| Philosophy | 11 | 4 | 36% | 0% | ||||||
| Political Science | 182 | 101 | 55% | 47 | 47% | 34 | 72% | $35000 | $39000 | $50000 |
| Professional and Technical writing | 30 | 20 | 67% | 12 | 60% | 9 | 75% | $52000 | ||
| Property Management | 34 | 13 | 38% | 9 | 69% | 8 | 89% | $49920 | ||
| Public Relations | 96 | 47 | 49% | 27 | 57% | 14 | 52% | $40000 | $41000 | $56423 |
| Religion and Culture | 10 | 3 | 30% | 1 | 33% | 1 | 100% | |||
| Residential Environments and Design | 12 | 8 | 67% | 6 | 75% | 5 | 83% | $41600 | ||
| Russian | 7 | 3 | 43% | 1 | 33% | 1 | 100% | |||
| Sociology | 25 | 11 | 44% | 4 | 36% | 3 | 75% | |||
| Spanish | 5 | 1 | 20% | 1 | 100% | 1 | 100% | |||
| Theatre Arts | 15 | 10 | 67% | 7 | 70% | 4 | 57% | $34320 | ||
| College of Natural Resources and Environment | 295 | 186 | 63% | 131 | 70% | 103 | 79% | $29000 | $37440 | $50000 |
| Environmental Informatics | 8 | 6 | 75% | 2 | 33% | 2 | 100% | |||
| Environmental Resources Management | 21 | 15 | 71% | 9 | 60% | 6 | 67% | $37440 | ||
| Fish Conservation | 11 | 5 | 45% | 4 | 80% | 4 | 100% | $26000 | ||
| Forestry | 22 | 13 | 59% | 10 | 77% | 7 | 70% | $40000 | ||
| Geography | 48 | 33 | 69% | 22 | 67% | 19 | 86% | $31200 | $40000 | $43615 |
| Meteorology | 28 | 17 | 61% | 12 | 71% | 8 | 67% | $36418 | ||
| Natural Resources Conservation | 16 | 13 | 81% | 9 | 69% | 8 | 89% | $31200 | ||
| Packaging Systems and Design | 39 | 25 | 64% | 18 | 72% | 17 | 94% | $50000 | $60000 | $67500 |
| Sustainable Biomaterials | 27 | 12 | 44% | 7 | 58% | 5 | 71% | $31200 | ||
| Water: Resources, Policy, and Management | 17 | 12 | 71% | 8 | 67% | 7 | 88% | $39000 | ||
| Wildlife Conservation | 58 | 35 | 60% | 30 | 86% | 20 | 67% | $24960 | $28600 | $31200 |
| College of Science | 957 | 476 | 50% | 208 | 44% | 164 | 79% | $34320 | $49795 | $68000 |
| Biological Sciences | 216 | 94 | 44% | 43 | 46% | 30 | 70% | $24960 | $35000 | $41600 |
| Chemistry | 43 | 22 | 51% | 7 | 32% | 4 | 57% | $37296 | ||
| Clinical Neuroscience | 62 | 33 | 53% | 14 | 42% | 9 | 64% | $31200 | ||
| Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience | 45 | 21 | 47% | 6 | 29% | 6 | 100% | $31200 | ||
| Computational and Systems Neuroscience | 7 | 4 | 57% | 3 | 75% | 3 | 100% | |||
| Computational Modeling and Data Analytics | 79 | 50 | 63% | 36 | 72% | 31 | 86% | $67500 | $73000 | $80000 |
| Economics | 97 | 50 | 52% | 27 | 54% | 22 | 81% | $41380 | $55000 | $63000 |
| Experimental Neuroscience | 14 | 7 | 50% | 3 | 43% | 2 | 67% | |||
| Geosciences | 25 | 7 | 28% | 0% | ||||||
| Mathematics | 75 | 41 | 55% | 21 | 51% | 18 | 86% | $55000 | $70000 | $75000 |
| Microbiology | 26 | 20 | 77% | 8 | 40% | 5 | 63% | $33862 | ||
| Nanomedicine | 1 | 0 | 0% | |||||||
| Nanoscience | 12 | 7 | 58% | 2 | 29% | 1 | 50% | |||
| Neuroscience | 1 | 0 | 0% | |||||||
| Physics | 56 | 28 | 50% | 13 | 46% | 13 | 100% | $37440 | $60000 | $73000 |
| Psychology | 158 | 71 | 45% | 17 | 24% | 12 | 71% | $32000 | $38000 | $45000 |
| Statistics | 33 | 16 | 48% | 7 | 44% | 7 | 100% | $58000 | ||
| Systems Biology | 7 | 5 | 71% | 1 | 20% | 1 | 100% | |||
| Pamplin College of Business | 1221 | 769 | 63% | 634 | 82% | 566 | 89% | $50000 | $60000 | $68250 |
| Accounting and Information Systems | 159 | 117 | 74% | 72 | 62% | 67 | 93% | $54000 | $59000 | $61000 |
| Business Information Technology | 394 | 256 | 65% | 230 | 90% | 207 | 90% | $60000 | $68000 | $74000 |
| Finance | 282 | 173 | 61% | 149 | 86% | 135 | 91% | $50000 | $58000 | $68000 |
| Hospitality and Tourism Management | 62 | 39 | 63% | 32 | 82% | 26 | 81% | $32365 | $41000 | $45000 |
| Management | 129 | 79 | 61% | 62 | 78% | 55 | 89% | $40600 | $50000 | $63000 |
| Marketing Management | 163 | 85 | 52% | 71 | 84% | 63 | 89% | $39000 | $45000 | $60000 |
| Real Estate | 32 | 20 | 63% | 18 | 90% | 13 | 72% | $45000 | $51000 | $55000 |